Thief in Lafayette
 

Caught this guy going through the back of people's trucks at Harbor Freight in Lafayette. We got him with someone's toolbox in his hands. He dropped it and apologized, but took off when he realized we were calling the cops. I was able to snap a few quick pics. Gave his picture and plate number to the cops. If anyone knows this dude shoot me a PM. Y'all be mindful out there.

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Great work!!

I wonder where he got those backpack blowers in the back of his truck?!? POS..

Man I honestly never noticed it until I got home and looked at the pic again. The whole confrontation lasted 30 - 45 seconds. It was quick! After seeing that, I wish I would have held him down until the cops showed. But with a POS like that, he'd probably sue me for hurting his back or some crap.

You did your good deed for the day.. Hopefully the cops get him with the pic of the plate you got!

No sir, you did great! No way is he getting away. With the pics you go and eyewitness account, that dude is going to jail! Good job.

thanks for the quick picks. Im sure the cops can find him.

Good Job Matt G.!!

Should be easy to catch with that license plate picture. Hopefully a lot of people will get their hard earned stuff back because ya'll stood up to this low life trash

Is he waving bye hoping to simmer the situation down? What a joke.

Great work there Brother!! This POS needs a "rural route" to jail!!!

I thought the same thing. Good job catching the guy in the act.

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Good Job....together I hope we can run people like this out of town.

If the plates start with a "C". Isn't it a company / corporate truck?

I would like to get a follow up to this story to see what the cops do with they guy.

I would bet that they don't ever make an arrest because with no evidence and because the guy was stopped before he actually stole something they don't have anything to charge him with. It may have been more productive if everyone there just beat the **** out of him and then let him drive off. Like you said you can't do things like that (the right thing to do) these days.

Thieves are dumb. There's a good chance they admit to something when questioned. Also, there's a good chance there is sufficient probable cause to search the truck. Thorough policemen will consider these perps as suspects in other crimes that fit the MO or description. Put these guys under a good law enforcement microscope, and more likely than not, something will stick.

If they don't own the truck (commercial) odds are really good a thorough police investigation should result in a termination if not a conviction.

Great job of catching this guy in the act. please keep us informed, i am interested to see if the cops do anything. it looks open and shut to me, but i'm no lawyer.
maybe at least we can find out his name/address. i hate a thief.

Unfortunately I don't have any info to follow up with. I'd like to think he gets arrested, but I'm kind of agreeing with Mako. A good parking lot beat down was what he needed. It wasn't my toolbox he was stealing and I'm not willing to go to jail over a couple hundred buck of someone else's tool.

Does anybody recognize the logo on the back of his shirt? Is that a local companies logo? I'm sure they would love to know someone is going around town stealing crap in their shirt.

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good for you Matt, hopefully he went to jail, too bad he didn't get a beat down, the shirt he is wearing looks like an old air logistics shirt, i believe it is now bristol helicopters

No. That's a weight rating.

"Bristow Helicopters"

I can look up his plate and post his name. So i??

I keep waiting to hear this guy was arrested and is in jail now, any progress on it or is it one where if a cop doesn't witness it it doesn't get followed up on?

A detective called me today asking if I could pick him out of a photo line up. I was able to pick the guy out and he said with the 2 other eye witness accounts, the pictures, and my ID he has enough to arrest the guy. I wasn't able to get his name, but I was told he has an extensive wrap sheet for petty crime and was recently released from a 4 yr stint. Looks like he's going back.

The whole thing was pretty cool. It was like I was on that show The First 48! Haha

I wouldn't be mad if you did. :D

Book'em Dan-O!!

Thief in Lafayette
 

If someone can find his name then you can go to www.lafayettemugshots.com to put a face to it, if he has been previously arrested here.

Looks like they got him.

David P. Brignac:
http://jades.lafayettesheriff.com:88...ng=Y&id=639393

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"Theft under one hundred dolla"

I swear nothing is safe anymore. Great work.

Good job.
Bristow helicopters maybe?

Dude looks like a punk! Ya'll should have beat him down Matt! Damn white trash!

Well yea it was Harbor Freight parking lot; u can get a floor jack, air compressor, impact wrench and a generator for under 100dolla.

That's what I find funny out of this entire thing. Dude is stealing from a place that caters to the cheap and poor. The only thing I had in my truck was a dozen of beat up teal decoys, a bag of trash, and my little boys plastic shovel!! He would have been better off in a McDonald's parking lot!

Nice detective work Matt G.

you might be surprise just how many rich people go to places like that.

most rich people are so tight they will spend a dollar in gas driving to a discount store trying to save a nickel.

when I worked in the a/c business we never had much trouble collecting money from middle income or even poor people, but many of the rich ones often took 2-3 months to pay up. we used to keep a list of the ones not worth the hassle to collect from so it was cash or credit card only for them.

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I know that piece of crap. He is an uncle of a friend of mine growing up. He was always getting in trouble.

good job. hopefully he will od or get killed in prison.

Killed...really?

Dang bro the guy might be an ******* and all but that may be a little harsh.

Yeah, just goes to show the little value people place on lives. Glad this dude was caught and hope he receives due punishment under the law, but he still human and redeemable. Hope God sends him someone to share the gospel and love of God with him and that he can become a changed man. Jopete I hope God changes your heart too.

Well Said sir...

Man, you need to seek help. The other day you wanted to shoot people in boats and, now you wish death on a man that has done nothing more than commit a misdemeanor offense?!

Your comments remind me of the type that wind up making the front page of the paper.

what u want me to say, not everybody got a trophy on my t-ball team when i was a kid?
i did not realize i had to be a criminal loving group hugger to be a 'salty cajun'.
i thought just being a person who likes to fish, doesn't like thieves, doesn't care for potlickers, and loves his Jesus was enough.
oh, and be a si-ki-atrist to analize everyones mental health from a couple comments about people actling like douchebags.

feel free to use the ignore feature if you can't handle others opinions, that's what it's there for.

sorry for the rant on your thread Mat G.
i'm out.




over 8000 post? go outside, life is passing you by!!!! lol

WOW...

Jesus would never wish death to others. I think you might have your beliefs backwards. Wishing death to someone from a petty crime? Here is some help toward the right direction... http://bfy.tw/2GTu

Wow, that is what you got out of the responses to your (hope he gets killed or dies) comment? Brother you have some serious hate issues and need to be learning the teachings of the "Jesus" you claim to love. Everyone likes to see justice handed down, but we're still civilized. Loving our enemies is hard, but we're told to do so. Doesn't mean we look the other way, but we let the law and justice be swift and fair. Wouldn't it be great if he met the Jesus you love and becomes a missionary or preacher? Paul was a murderer and he helped change the world!! We all need to watch what we say and think, because what comes out of the mouth originates in the heart.

Dat mustache should be a felony